Money-container-alarm device



W. C. DILLON.

Patented Mar. 14, 1922.,

MONEY CONTAINER ALARM DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 9, I920.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, WILLIAM C, DILLON, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Fort Dodge, in the county of Webster and State oflowa, have invented a certain new and useful Money-Container-AlarmDevice, of which the following is a specification.

The ohj ect oi my invention is to provide a money container alarm deviceof the electrical type, so constructed and arranged that when money iswithdrawn from the container-an .a'larmwill he actuated at any suitahleor desired place, the parts heing also so arrangediand constructed thatthere he 3 nothing to indicate-to the hurglar that lad sprung a trapor.operated1 alarm device. a W-ith this anol otherohjects view, inventionconsists in I the construction, errangement; and comhination the variousparts of myfdevice, whereby the ohjects contemplated areattained, ashereinafter more fully set forth, pointed out in my claims, andillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which: 1 v

Figure 1 shows a top or plan view of a money container alarm deviceernhodying my invention parts being broken away.

Figure 2 shows a vertical, sectional view taken on the line 2-2 ofFigure l.

Figure 3 shows a vertical sectional taken on the line 33 of Figure 1.

Figure t shows a detailed, sectional talren on the line 4-4 of Figure 8.

Figure 5 shows a detailed, sectional taken on the line 55 of Figure 8.

Figure 6 is a detailed, sectional view taken on the line 66 of FigureTSand Figure 7 shows a diagrammaticview of the electrical circuit.

in the accompanying drawings, l have shown a money container of the typecontaining several compartments used for hold ing hills of difierentdenominations on a hanlr desk or the like.

It will, of course, he understood that the money container may he in theform of a drawer, which can he placed in a desk or counter, or may he inthe form of a corn tainer, which rests on the top oi the deslr, 1'

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Specification of L tters l atent.

Patented Il/ilar. El i, 1922..

Serial Ito. 415,934.

preferahly use a drawer or container, which rests on top of the desk andis secured thereto hy screws or the like not here shown.

ln the form of my invention illustrated in the accompanying drawings, lhave shown a money container, comprising a base indicated by thereference character 10, having side walls ll secured thereto and havingintermediate partitions 12 suhstantially parallel with side walls.

There is provided at one end of the walls ii and 12 a hack wall 18having in its central portion opposite the money compartment located thepartitions 12 a ver- Located rearwardly of the hack 13 is a false haclrwall 15 which may hedetachahly secured in position by screws or thelike, not shown, so that he readily and easily removed.

Covering hot-h walls 13 andv 15 and ere tending forwardly for a shortdistance is top or cover member 16, shown particularly Figures 1 and 2.l

The wall mernhers 13 have inset in their ends adjacent to the wallmemher ll upright hars or the lilre 1?, provided for portions of theirlength with teeth 18, shown in Figures 3 and 5 lln the ends of themembers 14- are grooves 19 into which the bars 17 extend a shortdistance. Extending inwardly from the grooves 19 at points spaced fromthe top and bottom of the member ll are recesses 20. In the recesses 20are pivoted the lower ends of pawls 21, which are fixed on rotatahlepins 22. In the hack of the member 14- are recesses 23 to allow accessto the rear ends of the pins 22, which are angular in member projectingdownwardly ill?) a source of electrical energy 32.

therefrom are silver contact pins. or the like 25, which are connectedby a suitable current conducting wire 26.

In the bottom member 10 are recesses 27. Secured to the bottom memberand projecting into the recesses 27 are spring contact strips 28, thefree ends of which stand below the respective pins 25.

The strips 28 are connected by wires 29 and 30 respectively with analarm 31 and The battery or otherwise 32 is connected with the alarm 31by a wire 33.

In the ractical use of my device, the back mem er 15 is removed and themember 14 raised sufiiciently to permit the insertion of the ends ofcertain bills or ourrency 34 underneath the member 14 and thereafter themember 14 is allowed to drop and the back member 15 is secured inposition.

It will readily be seen that the member 14 may be raised by gripping itbetween the fingers of the two hands or otherwise.

The pawls 21 may be moved to inoperative position by inserting knifeblades between them and the teeth 18.

Another means for convenientl raising the member 14 is a air of keys, wich may be connected with the angular ends 24, and the pins 22 may thenbe rotated for raising the pawls, and the keys may be also used forraising the member 14.

Ordinarily ,the teller or other person using the money container doesnot pull any bills out of the compartment having the member- 14 at itsend. He may, however, pull all of them but one out without closing thecircuit.

When a burglar siezes the money in that compartment and draws it out,the member 14 will drop by gravity for closing a circuit from thebattery or the like through the wire 30, the strip 28, the connectingwire 26, the pin 25, the strip 28, the wire 29, the alarm device 31 andthe wire 33.

The alarm may be placed at a police station or any desired point.

The opposition arising to ordinary alarm devices for iving an alarm incase of a daylight rob ery, is on account of the fact that many of themindicate to the burglar that the alarm has been set off, and the burglarwill then sometimes injure the banker or other person in charge of themoney.

One great advantage of my device arises from the fact that it ispractically impossible to tell on any hasty examination that the member14 is movable. When viewed from the top, it is covered by the member 16;when viewed from the rear, it is covered by the back 15; it can not beseen from the side on account of the side and partition wall members.(The member 16 also casts a shadow on the lower part of the member 14 onthe inside of the container.

After the bills or currency are withdrawn, the device is of suchconstruction that the lower edge of the member 14 stands below thesurface of the bottom 10, so that no view can be had of the lower edgeof the member 14. The ends of the member 14 are covered by the back 15and the partition mem bers 12.

It will be seen that with a device of this kind, the burglar, himself,when he takes the money closes the circuit without any movement on thepart of the person, who has the money in charge.

Some changes may be made in the details of the construction of the alarmof; my improved alarm device without departing from the real spirit andpurpose of my invention, and it is my intention to cover by my claims,any modified forms of .structure or use of mechanical equivalents, whichmay be reasonably included within their scope. v

I claim as my invention:

1. In a device of the class described, a bottom member, a rear member,partition walls, a false rear member, said first rear member having acentral portion slidably supported, the joint between the centralportion and the other portion to said first rear member being covered bysaid partitions and by said 1 false back, a cover member for the. upperadapted to be held out of engagement by 100 inserting a separate memberbetween them.

2. In a device of the class described. a bottom member, a rear member,artition walls, a false rear member, said rst rear member having acentral portion slidably supported, the joint between the centralportion and the other portion to said first rear member bein covered bysaid partitions and by said alse back, a cover member for the upper partof the back members, contact devices carried by said movable member andbottom adapted to be held out of engagement by inserting a separatemember between them, and means for locking said movable member againstmovement away 11! from contact position, when contact position has oncebeen assumed.

3. In a device of the class described, a bottom member, a top member, arear wall device interposed between the top and bot-v 121 tom members,having a slidable portion, coacting devices on said sliding portion andthe other parts of said rear wall member for locking said slidingportion against movement in one direction, contact points 12 carried-bysaid movable portion, conducting means for connecting said contactpoints, contact members set in said bottom below the surface thereofbelow said first contact points. 13

4. Ina device of the class described, a bottom member, a top member, aback member interposed between said top end bottom members, having avertically sliding portion, partition members for covering the jointsbetween said vertically sliding portion and the other parts of said backmember, a false bacli member, enacting teeth and pawls on said slidablemember and the other portions of said back member, contact points 10 mthe lower-part of said slidable member, means for electricallyconnecting said contact points, spring contact strips set in said bottombelow the surface thereof.

Des Moines, Iowa, September 24, 1920.

WILLIAM C. DliLLtlN,

